(A) Shopping centers may be permitted in residential and general business districts following the issuance of a planned unit development conditional use permit.
(B) Shopping centers which contain two or less retail stores on five acres or less may follow the planned unit development procedures of this chapter called General Development Plan for Small Areas, set forth in § 157.024(G).
(C) Shopping centers which contain three or more retail stores and/or include more than five acres in the total development plan, shall follow the planned unit development procedure of this chapter called General Development Plan for Large or Complex Areas set forth in § 157.024(F).
(D) The total development plan of any shopping center shall include at least two acres, although there is no minimum lot size for individual businesses located within a shopping center.
(E) The developers of any shopping center shall demonstrate that they are financially able to carry out the project and that they will begin construction within 18 months after action on the proposal, and will substantially complete the project within five years; if said construction has not begun within 18 months, or if the project is not 50% completed within five years, any further development of any type shall require a conditional use permit and the Planning Commission may move to initiate a rezoning back to that in effect prior to commercial zoning.
(F) Shopping centers shall be located adjacent to an arterial or collector street as shown on the city comprehensive plan.
(G) All uses proposed in this section shall comply with the dimensional criteria established for the general and retail commercial districts in § 157.041.
(Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 157.999